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Table 1 Microbiological assays

From: Effects of hypertonic saline and lactated Ringer's solutions on bacterial translocation in a rat model of intestinal obstruction and ischemia

 

Mesenteric lymph nodes

Liver

Spleen

Blood

Group

+/n

CFU/g

+/n

CFU/g

+/n

CFU/g

+/n

Sham

1/7

57

0/7

NG

0/7

NG

0/7

IO

6/7

2,939 ± 1,751

6/7

953 ± 525

6/7

4,616 ± 1,973

4/7

LR

7/7

1,862 ± 1,178

5/7

3,080 ± 1,832

6/7

4,376 ± 2,836

6/7

HSS

6/7

2,371 ± 1,451

3/7

104 ± 67

4/7

174 ± 75

1/7

  1. Sham group, false operated; +/n, number of animals with positive cultures for E. coli/total number of animals; CFU/g, colony formation units/g tissue (mean value ± SEM, n = 7 animals in each group); NG, no growth.